Decide
Choose and constrain
Governed will. Intent made actionable. Before effort, before endurance, before reflection, there is a decision.
Kaizen Coaching NZ
Coaching with the Ishi Spiral
Ishi is a discipline of self-governance.
EmailThe 4 phases of the Ishi Spiral
Forge
Practise deliberately
Disciplined daily practice under pressure. Shugyo is sustained, deliberate exertion in service of a declared intent.
Persist
Endure friction
Continue within the limits and abort criteria set at Decide. When a trigger fires, assess the evidence against those criteria before choosing Adjust, Hold or Abort.
Reflect
Recalibrate
Honest self-examination without self-destruction. The disciplined practice of looking back with accuracy. What actually happened. What you actually did. Where intention and action diverged.
Its purpose is not optimisation.
Its purpose is to stop pressure, fatigue and urgency from repeatedly rewriting what is important.
The Ishi Card
It is handwritten because the friction is the point.
It defines what will be pursued, what will be excluded and under what conditions the work stops.
Kaizen and Hansei
Kaizen: continuous improvement through small, repeatable changes. Hansei: structured, honest reflection.
How the coaching runs
The aim is that you do not need a coach. By week 12 you hold the practice, the Ishi Card and the weekly review on your own.
Include what you'd like to work on.